Griddle



Patented Apr. 23, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VAN C. MCCROBY, OF LEONIA, :NEW JERSEY, A SSGNOR TO MCCBORY STORESCORPORA- TION, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORIPORATION OF DELAWARE.

GRIDDLE.

Application filed January 3, 1927.

Thin invention relates to iniprin'eniente .in nriddlee and l'lie like oftbe type employed in e'l'e'res end ellier enclosed reliance. n

The principal object olf tlie invention to provide a griddle er steveolf novel 'll'erni preeidinel for collection and rennmil oli tile nn'iesand ineke arising 'frein the cooking' materials.

A furtlnr objeet e'li tile invention lie provide a novel Alierre olfhooded griddle or etere in wliiell tlie liood, e'l'lorliye le eolleel'.llie feinen. ie se eonslrurled le: not lo eliV elruet 'the )View of llieCoeking;` :sin-lne@ 'freni either side thereof.

Another object of lille invenl'ion in lo uw `ride a eenipaet vterni elfunie-rellef-ling lined including' aline associated willi ,flaid laooillor rnlnluetiiigr iin lunlez-L there: i

In lille attached drnwing'e: Y

.Figure l is a Jfront elevation olf a griddle :nadeln afgeorderirewilili ingr invention;

'. 2 is :i se@ ien on the line flfip'. l.; 3 a section en the line SW2),Fie. l,

. el; ie` n iront elevation ef a inodi'lied ilierni e' griddle.

Ae illii` rated in Fig. l, llie griddle or ionizing nur ire l iseppoi-ted upon pedeetals 2 andis divided by a central. lue or duet $3wh'ieli enclosed on all Sides and prejeele upwardly between tlieset'tiene of the gridd le. Supporled in part by llie vline C-l :indpartly by endnpartitiene l, fl at tlie ouler ends olille griddleeeennisi ie a lioed which extends eoimilitely over tlie eiieetiregridlille areas and et llieir edjaren'- ende4 einnninnnfate directlywith tbe top of the 'flue 3 wliirli opens into 'ille limid. It Vwill lienoted 'lri'l; ille lwo sections oli the griddle are e ily enen V'frontand rear and are tlierelere vieillie 'from eil'lier eide.

In Fig. Ll, l li-.we illustrated :i inodilieal' in Ain 'wliieli llregriddle comprises a single voelting'i' section ll lnfivingj at one end aline T :eine lar lo that ileeelibelfl allori* eil'endlng` up Serial No.158,655.

wardly above the griddle Surface te cemnn'lnieate at tlie top with theinterior ef a hoed l5 wliiell completely revers the griddle 6 wliieli issupported at ene end by the duct 7 and al, llie other end by an endpartition 9.

ln practice, the griddle may be mounted lr'ingiliudinaily of endimmediately behind aJ oonnlrr lll. T ne euelomer :weeriilingly has alree and drol in; rnrled Nien' of tlie 'food cooking; en llle griddle,and at tlie saine time the griddle ie rendily accessible from the otherside to the operator. The customer, liowover, ie entirely Yfree fromlille annojanre of olliretionalile tuinen by reaeen of the arrange nientof tlie liood and flue l, wllieli respire tively eelleel' and withdrawthe fumes arising frein the griddle, the l'lue beingsr eenneelod to aSuitable blower or fen l17 oreiller suetion ineens, wliirli draws` thefeinen from the hoed.

l elaini:

1. A 1griddle eemprising a cooking ein face open iront and rear andhavingr end walls extendine` above t@aid eurlaoe, and :i

farne-collertingl heed supported by liaid Walls above tlie cookingsurface. one elE Said walls being;r bellow to forni a line terminatingat the top in :reid lined and extending ddwnwardly lnvlow llleeoellingl' Surface.

A. griddle comprising a pair of eooking eur'lares Open front and rearand arranged ond lo end.:\.n independent well at eaeh end 0f bolli oflaid cooking surfaces; and extendingn above Said surfaces, llie lea'idwalls at the adjaeent ende` of said cooking surfaces being epal'fedapart. panel@ at the l'ront and rear of said griddle eneloeing the spacebetween said adjacent end welle, a ifmne-eolleetiing lined eupporlrd bySaid Wallel and extending centinuouelj.7 over beth eooliing emblem, tlieSaid enclosed Spare between ille cooking;r surfneee opening et llie lopinte tlie llo-0d and eenaliitulfing :i finae-evznuating line extendinerdownwardly below the Cooking Surfer-e.

VAN C. MeC/RORY.

